Title: I Found A Man
Author: Enam Yaa Noeki
Words: 184
Status: Complete


“Why can't you listen to me for once?” Toyosi watched her mother's blue gele shimmered. “Look at your cousin, Damilola. She is now Mrs. Balogun!”

Her mother pointed at her darker cousin in pink. Damilola smiled with her husband while they took a picture in a floral photo booth. “Already married to a rich and handsome doctor, with a child on the way. When will you find a husband?”

Toyosi smacked her lips after painting it red. “I already found a man.”

“Which one?"

"He is a rich and handsome doctor with a child on the way,” she mimicked. “But he’s busy getting married to my cousin today.”

Her mother's fire faded. Toyosi watched her lips almost part before they snapped back together. Her mother then took a double look, one on each side of their table. When she decided no party goer could hear what Toyosi said in the ballroom, she rose. Toyosi batted her thick lashes at the tiny gold-rimmed mirror gleaming in her hands. Her mother took a fan and began to dance her way into the crowd.

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Thank you for commenting , but this is actually the complete story. I know it's pretty short.